Earth, Gods, and the Politics of Enchantment: A Political Ecology of the Imagination
Hugh Dempster Pavilion 6245 Agronomy Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaPopulist politicians and conspiracy cults enchant their followers through fear – of migrants, End Times, or an imagined nefarious World Government – and through promises of a backward-looking and insular social solidarity – of white Christian America or (Europe), Hindu India, et al. This talk presents a “political ecology of the imagination” that can help […]